Apr 09 2022
Saturday

VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States

Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Featherweight
23-1-0
KO 4
KO 4
17-6-0

Belts on The Line

UFC Featherweight Championship

The tape

35
Age
36
5' 6" / 168 cm
Height
5' 7" / 171 cm
71.7" / 182 cm
Reach
72" / 183 cm

Tape record

UDSDUDUDKO
Form
UDUDKOKOKO
23
Wins
17
11
By KO
6
48
KO%
35
3
By SUB
8
13
SUB%
47
1
Loses
6
1
Stopped
3
0
Tapped
0
0
Draws
0
2012
Debut
2007
24
Bouts
23
62
Rounds
52
4 hours, 35 minutes
Fight Time
3 hours, 38 minutes

Tape rankings @ Featherweight

-
UFC
4
-
Bellator
-
1
Tapology
5

Alexander Volkanovski vs Chan Sung Jung report

Who won Volkanovski vs Jung?

Alexander Volkanovski beat Chan Sung Jung by during the main event of UFC 273, on Saturday 9th April 2022 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Alexander Volkanovski.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the UFC featherweight championship.

Volkanovski vs Jung stats

Alexander Volkanovski stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Chan Sung Jung made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 8 by submission.

The stats suggested Volkanovski had an advantage in power over Jung, with a 48% knock out percentage over Jung's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jung had a massive advantage over Volkanovski, boosting at 47% submission rate over Volkanovski's 13%.

Alexander Volkanovski was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Jung had a height advantage of 1 inch over Volkanovski. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Volkanovski was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 year and 10 months later than Jung, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 79 to Jung's 59.

Volkanovski vs Jung form

Volkanovski had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Brian Ortega at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Max Holloway at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beat Max Holloway at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had won against Jose Aldo at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He had beat Chad Mendes at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Activity check

Volkanovski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Jung's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Volkanovski vs Jung?

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